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Comparing Ancient and Modern DNA Variability in Human Populations International Conference -- Porto (Portugal), 23-25 November 2011 Almeida Garrett Municipal Library at the Crystal Palace Gardens Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett Rua de Entrequintas, 328 -- Porto, Portugal Franz Manni, PhD (Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France) and Jorge Rocha, PhD (CIBIO, Porto, Portugal) convenors
FINAL PROGRAM Wednesday 11/23 2.00pm – 4.00pm 4.00pm – 4.30pm 4.30pm – 5.00pm
5.00pm – 6.00pm
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Venue: Almeida Garrett Municipal Library at the Crystal Palace Gardens
Registration Franz Manni and Jorge Rocha Welcome message Nuno Ferrand Scientific research in CIBIO (Research Center for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Wolfgang Haak Invited talk: What can ancient DNA tell us about human history during the Holocene? Cocktail reception offered by Human Biology THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POPULATION GENETICS AND ANTHTROPOLOGY
Thursday 11/24 9.30am – 10.15am
10.15am – 10.40am
10.40am – 11.15am
11.15am – 11.45am
11.45am – 12.10am
12.10am – 12.35am 12.35am –2.30pm
2.30pm – 2.55pm
2.55pm – 3.20pm
3.20pm – 3.45pm 3.45pm – 4.10pm 4.10pm – 4.35pm
4.35pm – 5.00pm
5.00pm – 5.25pm
5.25pm – 5.50pm
8.00pm – 10.00
Venue: Almeida Garrett Municipal Library at the Crystal Palace Gardens
First session : Comparing ancient and modern variability in sub-Arctica Michael H. Crawford Invited talk: Current developments in molecular and population genetics of contemporary and ancient Aleut and Eskimo populations Maanasa Raghavan Prehistoric migrations into the New World High-Arctic: A genetic perspective Justin Tackney Invited talk: Ancient and modern genetic diversity of Iñupiat populations from the Alaskan North Slope: insights into Paleo- and Neo-Eskimo origins Coffee break Second session: Comparing ancient and modern variability in Europe Maarten H. D. Larmuseau Temporal differentiation across a West-European Y-chromosomal clinegenealogy as a tool in human population genetics Eveline Altena The Dutch medieval and post-medieval genetic landscapes Lunch offered to all participants Second session continued: Comparing ancient and modern variability in Europe Cristina Gamba Comparing ancient and modern DNA variability in Northern Eastern Iberia: the Neolithic impact of first farmers Esther J. Lee Where are all the "WIX"? Rare European maternal lineages W, I, and X2 in the past and present Third session: Methodology E. Andrew Bennett Primer contamination with modern human DNA: problems and solutions Beatrice Kelemen Usefulness of nanoparticles in enhancing aDNA extraction protocols Coffee break Third session continued: Methodology Martina Molak Using ancient DNA in estimation of timeframes for evolutionary and demographic events Mannis van Oven Global inference of uniparental biogeographic ancestry facilitated by a set of sensitive multiplex genotyping tools Martina Lari Genomic selection and next generation sequencing for genetic characterization of ancient human remains from Italy Conference dinner
Friday 11/25 10.30am – 10.45am
10.45am – 11.00am 11.00am – 11.15am 11.15am – 11.40am
11.40am – 12.15am
12.15am – 12.40am
12.40am –2.00pm
2.00pm – 2.25pm 2.25pm – 2.50pm
2.50pm – 3.10pm 3.10pm – 3.25pm
3.25pm – 3.50pm
3.50pm – 4.00pm
Venue: Almeida Garrett Municipal Library at the Crystal Palace Gardens
Fourth session: Ancient DNA studies in organisms associated to humans Simon JM Davis Molecular and osteometric sexing of cattle metacarpals agree – evidence for Christian improvement of cattle in Portugal F.Gabbianelli Sex ratio of medieval livestock in a site of Central Italy F.Gabbianelli Detecting genetic diversity in modern and ancient sheep (Ovis aries) Christos Economou aDNA typing of leprosy cases in Medieval Scandinavia Fifth session: Comparing ancient and modern variability in Asia and Americas Phillip Endicott Invited talk: The prehistory of the Andaman Archipelago within Southeast Asia, combining ancient and modern DNA research Timothy A. Jinam and Naruya Saitou Evolutionary history of continental South East Asians: "Early Train" hypothesis based on complete mitochondrial DNA sequences Lunch offered to all participants Fifth session continued: Comparing ancient and modern variability in Asia and Americas Pontus Skoglund and Mattias Jakobsson Archaic human ancestry in East Asia Monica Sans Extermination or continuity? Mitochondrial DNA Native lineages in Uruguay. Paula F. Campos ADDED 23rd of September The First Americans, DNA from Pre-Clovis Coprolites in Oregon, U.S.A. Francesc Calafell Can the Y chromosome in current men carrying the Colon or Colombo surnames be used to reveal the origin of Christopher Columbus Sixth session: Concluding remarks Giovanni Destro-Bisol Mine, yours, ours? Sharing data on genetic variation in ancient and modern humans Franz Manni and Jorge Rocha Concluding comments